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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
Still Waving the Shirt.

For the sake of politics the Inter
Ocean will have it that there is no
"new South 1t insists that the same
old customs, habits and unanimOusnoss
prevails there; newspaper discussions
are not tolerated; that guns are still
used to still the voice of political dis
sent; hatred of new ideas and-new in-'
dustries still prevail. There may be-
some truth in what the Inter Occa8
says, but not much. Every newspaper
reader in the country knows the South
has for years been bidding fo- new iH-o
dustries and new ideas, and that news
paper discussions are carried on and
tolerated there the same as here. II
there is no new South, then the people
of the North and the people Of the
South have been terribly deceived b. the
press of the two sections of the Nation.
The Leader is inclined to the OPTION
that the Inter Ocean is deceiving'its
by unqualified falsehoods-
1t is waving the bloody shirt.--Des
MoineS Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
PALMS.

Together, distant from the crowd,
Which moves about with noise intending;
Far from their jests and laughter loud
We two a quiet hour are spending.
We've slipped away-we hope, unseen
Her mothers watchful eye evading,
To where the palms and aloes lean
With kind intent the corners shading.
We talk of-nothfng. Now and then
silence comes, replete with meaning.
A painful hush is broken, when
She-just trife closer leaning
Asks: ''Can you read my hand and tell
What secrets Life and Time keeping;
Whom shall marry-iil or we'll
And shall know most smiles or veepingr'
, One little glove is laid aside;
tiny hand in mine is resting;
Two perfect eyes, with question wide,
Make matters more than interesting
<sWithin your hand I see full well
Most hopes fulfilled-most wishes granted;
Life holds a secret Time will tell,
And love will come, with touch enchanted.
-@'Whom shall you marry? If Alright
I read the lines L here discover,
You'll wed with him who, here. tonight,
Declares himself your ardent lover!'
pause. Her eyes look up-then down.
A blush from cheek to brow is spreading;
Then, with smile which hope does crown.
She asks: when shall we have our weddingf
Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
rHE SHERMAN Boon.
xAe Candidacy OF the Ohio Senator Al
raady ImperiIsd by QuArreling Repub-


xAe GsadIdaey OF the Ohio Senator Al
raady ImperiIed By Quarreling Repub-
We have noticed from time to time
the progress of the Sherman boom
which was so auspiciously launched at
me Delmonico dinner of the Republican
Club a few months ago. We then
pointed out some of the unmistakable
signs going to show that there was a
disposition among the party leaders,
hitherto friends of Mr.. Blaine, to drop
him and take up the banner of the
Ohio Senator. Not the least of these
indications was the very full report of
the speeches given in the columns of
the Tribune, where nothing was sup
pressed. not even the sighting allu-
siOns of General 'Hawley to Mr. Blaine.
who was spoken of as the lone man"
who had caused the division of the Re
publican party, and the consequent
election of Mr.. Cleveland. We should
not be surprised if the Tribune were
the open advocate of Mr.. Sherman be-
fore the end of the present year. The
Delmonico dinner, it will be remem-
bered, made so bad an impression on
Judge West, the blind leader of the
blind, that he wrote letter in great
haste and heat to counteractits effects,
and to uphold the Blaine interest in
the State of Ohio.
Business is accommodating for the
Boston Journal, which has declared its
purpose to read out of the Republican
party every man ''who can not sub
scribe to the sentiments" of Senator
Sherman's speech at Nashville SEN
ator Hawley, of Connecticut, has a
great army of sympathizers with his
declaration that the Sherman policy of
aiding the States in the education OF
11literate children by liberal appropri-
atoms of public money" is "'most
dangerous to the Republican expert
ment as our fathers understood it. "
The St Paul Pioneer Press character
lied the scheme which Senator Sher-
man favors of as a bill for pauperiz-
ing the public schools of the United
States" and ga gigantic bit of public
! plumber" 1.-The worst effect of which
| would be to render unnecessary that
| healthful activity in the several States,
in providing for the maintenance OF
common schools, which has been the
vital element in all our educational
progress" At this rate, instead of the
Boston Journal reading out of the Re.
publican party every body who will
not accept the educational subsidy
scheme, Senator Hawley and the
people for whom he speaks in the East,
and the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the
people for whom it speaks in the West
will soon be disfellowshipping the
Journal for indorsing schemes of pub
lie plumber" which threaten the per
petuity of the republic. r Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
REPUBLICAN, NERVOUSNESS.

A Way OF Accounting for 1t: The Re
publicans Admit That Blaine Is Their
Strength, and Yet Fear the Democratic
Administration.
On all sides it Is admitted that to re-
nominate Blaine would be party
suicide. Why? Surely the Maine
statesman is the embodiment of true
blue Republicanism; more magnetic
than any other man in the party;
towering head and shoulders, intel
lectually, above all other aspirants, is
the most popular and eager candidate
of them all, and yet, in one voice, and
with one accord, his party is in favor
of RELOCATING him to the rear of the
procession, behind the Shermans and
the Windows, the Culloms and the AL
isons. 1t must be CALLING to Blaine.
There must be some reason for this
dire Republican party distress. 1t was
not 80 four years ago, nor three years
ago. At that time the woods were
full of men who could lead the party to
victory, but none more gallantly and
gloriously than Blaine. It is not so
now; the supply is not equal to the de-
mand, in fact the supply appears to be
completely exhausted, and the party
appears to be completely exhausted
over its search for candidate. Sure
ly, Blaine has done nothing since 1884,
either in political or public way, that
would have a tendency 70 make him
unpopular with the people or his party.
On the contrary, he has been very cir
cumspect, and in no manner or way
has he intruded his peculiar views
upon his party associates or attempted
TO reward friends or punish enemies
OstensiDIy he has stood alOof from the
field of politics, posing as statesman,
and he ought to have benefited by the
retirement. We think he has. But
what of his party, how has that Jared?
1t can not be claimed with any de-
gree of consistency that Blaineism. or
Republicanism has made any strides
toward winning back the confidence
and the votes of the people. On the
contrary Blaine Republicanism has
been 3 gradual loser in politics since
the first session of Congress under
Cleveland's Administration, and the
Democratic party has gained what its
adversary has lost. The loss and the
gain accounts for Republican nervous
ness and Democratic composure.-
-Des MONIES Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
FASHIONS FANClES.

Novelties in Stylish Dress Fabrics, Gloves,
Millinery and Fans.
Most jackets have hoods this spring.
Pasme is a new shade of aesthetic
color.
Claret color is revived among the
reds.
Bonnet strings are again made very
long.
The leading color of the incoming
season is gray.
the new bonnets.
Lace straws are much used in trim
ming hats and bonnets.
Indiana cloth is a lovely light wool
spring novelty fabric.
A new checked cashmere is sold I'M
der the name of Rowena.
Barred woolens for tennis suits are
sold in all the leading dry goods
houses.
Habit cloths take precedent of all
others for covert coats and walking
jackets.
Cordurette is another ribbed cloth
added to the bit of corduroys and cor
dereiues.
Silk, on account of its dust-shedding
qualities, is coming into revived favor
for street suits.
Tennis cloths of white wool have
large quardille bars of red, blue, brown
and dark green.
Braided jackets are considered dressy
enough for afternoon, carriage and
promenade wear.
50 oil
all fashionably worn with street, car
riage and visiting costumes.
Norfolk blouses and EPSON covert
coats are much worn for travelling, ex-
cursions and in the country.
Invisible olive is the latest shade OF
green for gentlemen's spring overcoats
and ladies' walking jackets.
Dull black surahs and other non
lustrous black silks are gaining pop
ularity for street and utility wear.
When bonnet. is given two pairs of
strings. one pair is of one kind of rib
bon, the other of another, but both
must be narrow to be fashionable.
Gray and pale shades of tan are the
popular colors for undressed kid gloves,
and they must have three rows of heavy
stitching on the back, and fastened
with four rather large silvered or gilt
buttons.
Tennis suits are made with printed
Jokes full blouse bodies belted in at the
waist line, sleeves large and loose above
the elbow, but tight below. skirt
gored and rather short, orerskirt full,
long and slightly draped.
The new cotton yeilings that are sold
at prices ranging from five to six cents
the yard come in all the loyeliest shades
of yellow, rose. blue, green, mauve,
heliotrope, scarlet, cream and pure
white.
Lace and gauze fans, decorated with
water color designs. with spanglcs,
with silver and gold tinsel thread and
sometimes spangled with blue and
bright small steel beads that glitter
like diamonds are exquisitely mounted
on shell or smoked pearl or black
carved wood sticks--M. z. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
ave would be very glad to see

I'VE would be very glad to see
Mr.. Blaine President" says the Gate
City, Republican paper of Iowa, ''but
there is no sense in knocking the life
out of the Republican party for any
man This notion that Mr.. Blaine and
the Republican party are equal and
reversible Quantities. that, like the boy
at the soda fount with his two glasses
and one glassful, you can pour Mr..
Blaine into the party and the party
into him, brought Iowa Republicanism
In FOUR short years from over 10000
plurality for Garfield to barely IL, 900
for Blaine. 1t looks as though the
minority OF the American people, and
we are of the number, trust and admire
Mr.. Blaine. and that the majority of the
american people dsstrzIst him and ScizE
~. rots TOR him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
Not Their Spokesman.

Senator Edmunds goes quite beyond
his prerogative when he assumes to-
speak for the Republicans who voted
for Mr.. Cleveland in 1884 and says
that ''as between two evils they would
vote for him again. They would vote
for him again, certainly, as against Mr.
Blaine or any other unworthy Repub-
lican, but not at all in the spirit Of
men making a choice of evils. Mr.. Ed
munds should remember that while 10
is understood that he quite agreed with
the Mugwumps in their estimate of the
Republican candidate in 1884. his fail
ure to exercise the right of private
judgment at the polls deprives him Of
the privilege of becoming the spokes-
man of those men of equal honesty and
greater courage who voted for Dir.
Cleveland.-M. Y. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
A srALwARr MAN.


A Correspondent Tells About the ssrhrsas-
ened Physical Decay OF the PresIdent--.
The Poor Mans Champion.
Do not waste any time in worrying
about our Democratic President. HI
is all right. physically. mentally and
politically, and he means reform. I
have had the pleasure of good hours
talk with him. First, as to Mr.. Cleve-
Ian DIS physical condition. So many
stories have been circulated over the
country about an alarming increase in
weight that 1 supposed from the
amount of smoke that there must be
some fire somewhere. / have seen MIR.
Cleveland on very many occasions, but
1 never saw him look so well as he did
Yesterday. lie has lost rather than
gained in flesh
You are well. MIR. PRESIDENT" I
asked.
Perfectly" he answered. II never
worked harder or felt better ia my
life
but some of the Republican papers
are very solicitous about your health?"
/ suggested. land are giving the people
the impression that a second term
would find you too enfeebled for the
great responsibilities of your Office"
There was a merry twinkle in his eye
as he replied: ".We1, I'm not to be
killed off by any offensive partisan
ship of that kind. AS for a second
term"-and here he grew very serious
that is all in the air, and 1 have
nothing to do with it My times is
Il. FL l. 4
and propose to do my work in such
way that my Successor, whoever he
may be, will have nothing to undo 1t
will be the business of the party to
name their best man; that is, the man
who can best carry out Democratic
principles and policies, and the man
who can best protect and defend tire
rights of the people"
/ said to the President: "Mr. Cleve-
land, there seems to be n good deal Of.
interest in this land question just
now"
Yes" was his quick answer. "and
very properly, think. 1t is one of
the live questions of the day. and Ger:
tainly one of the most important"
1.-The railroad corporations appear to
be somewhat greedy" suggested.
We'll" he SAID "a railroad corpora
ton should have its legal rights-no
more, no less. But the people should
have their rights, also. When a real
settler-I don't mean a mere land
speculator. but farmer who builds his
| little house and sets about the improve
m ent of the acres on which he has set
tled-when such a man has legally
taken possession of his 100 acres. he
ought to feel that the Government is
behind him. He has a right to feel
that way, and, so far as this Anminis-
tratiOn is concerned, it is clearly the
friend of the people. While as mat
ter of course the Administration will
protect the lawful rights of a corpora
ton as we'll as those of the people, stiu
1 think it should be specially jealous OF
the rights of the farmers ard the
working classes. will go even further
than that and say that if by any con-
struction of the law seeming injustice
is done to the humblest farmer in che
farthest corner of the land, then the
law ought to be changed at once. L
am of the people. 1 believe in the
people, and 1 stand by them and with
them first, last and all the time. N
y. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28

1t is said that thread has ut last
been produced from the fibers adhering
to the seed of the common milkweed.
This thread has the consistency and
tenacity of imported flax or liner
thread and is produced at nue.. less
cost. The fiber is long. easily caIded
and may be readily adapted to spinning
upon an ordinary flax spinner. 1t has
the smOothness and luster of silk. rem
dering it valuable for sewing machine
uSe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28

The ''art of washing hands" is not
an easy one, according to DIR. Haffter.
OF Trauenfield- To insure absolute sur
gical cleanliness of the hands they
must first be carefully washed with
potash soap and water as hot as can be
borne, and then with a five per cent
solution of carbolic acid, or one pea
mile solution of corrosive sublimate OF
chlorine water.-British Medical Jour
nal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
During the delivery of his Yale lee,

During the delivery of his Yale lee
lures on preaching, some one said:
MIR. Beecher. how is it, in your opin-
ion, that there are so many short pastor
ates in these days?" Largely of the
divine mercy" was the instant reply,
which left the questioner and the audi
ence in some perplexity as to whether
the divine mercy favored the churches
or the pastors S4pttst Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28

1t was high time for Mr.. Blaine
to make trip out West if he hopes TO
save any remains of the Blaine bOoni-
We have already quoted the decl4ra-
ton of the St Louis Globe Democrat
that the Republican party certainly
can not" carry the election of 1888 IL
it renominates the candidate of 1884.
and The earnest protests against that
folly of such other good Republican
papers as the Milwaukee Sentinel IN
Wisconsin. the Burlington Hdtokeye
and the Council Bluffs NoHPGreH in,
1owa--N. =. Post
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
Business Chances.

business CHANCE-We have good bust
ID ness opening for party with Sl,2OO viii
pay ~ per cent on investment go
A nice business with good will and fixtures,
business suitable for lady or invalid, one OF
the best locations in the city. The rent Of
house only so per month. Price 800 az
SThc best business of the kind in the state of
Teas can be bought for $4,000. SlOOJ cash,
with good security. Do not ask about this un.
less you mean business. 90
- good paying, neat little business, good
well, stock and fixtures; for $40.
For Rept-A beer saloon, with fixtures and
furnituTc-new room house and good lOca-
ton. Only Sl3 per month. As
Grocery and Sundres store, on railroad, II
miles from city, doing a good bushes; post
Office and express can be had il desired; for
sale cheap; owner going to Europe. Ask for
particulars. 70
Fine business chance. A good cigar and
tobacco stand can bought cheap and on rea-
sOnabe terms, owner not having time to
attend TO the business. Centrally located
This is a number one investment for person
with small amount of capital.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22

3,
They'll narp on the i'll; not the good;
So IL ever you did wrong thing in yOurliie,
You'd better keep on saving wood.
-Tid.Eits.
No corporation should pass divi.
dend without speaking.-Pioayune.
The stock brokers ticket Is sometimes
fortune teller-but usually it isn't
Washington Critic.
The goose bone predicts a warm win
te-. Anything to beat the grasping coal
monopolists.-BOston Post.
An exchange saws: Never go into
the water after a hearty meal" We
don't. We 60 into the restaurant after
it.-Phlladelphia Call.
1t is q good thing for a man to belong
to the church, but a poor thing for a
man to think that the church belongs
to hlm.-Oil City Blizzard.
Education is a good thing when it
dCss not directly unfit a man for work
ing for living.-Philsdelphia Call.
Henry George and DR.. McGlynn al
ways travel in parlor cars because parlor
oars are made by wOrkingmen.-Drake's
Magazine.
Employer-"Why do you have to stop
to sharpen your pencil so often?" Clerk
-"Because l write so fast. New
Haven News.
Will your turkey be fat by the 24th?-
Messenger. Yes; but spring gun will
be attached to the coop, and you had
better prospect elsewhere Arkadelphia
(Ark.) Standard.
He witnessing "Faust') are
you pleased with Irving. Miss Breezy ?"
She'll like him immensely. And how
much he is like Dixey."-New York
Sun.
Mrs. Frank Seacoy, poor woman in a
Nevada village, had her well cleaned.
and her chickens scratched over the
gravel and dirt that came out. A few
days az, erward she killed one OF them,
and in its crop was piece of gold as big
as bean. Mrs. Seacoy at once located
mine In her well.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22

Came to hand October 2Ith, A. D, l.S7, at II
o'clock, a. M, and publication ordered in the
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
NAT LEWIS, Sheriff Bexar County.
By JOE UMsCHEID, Deputy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
FRESH FRAGMENTS.

Christmas trees are already being
cut.
The flftieth congress will meet on the
9th OF December.
"Donkey parties" are given in NatcheZ
for the benefit OF the church,
Shuqulak, Miss, claims to have pro-
duced a 30.pound cucumber.
1t is 256 years since the first Thank
giving day was celebrated in this coun-
try.
The summit OF Mount Moosilauke, In
Warren, N. H., is covered with snow.
Nearly 10000 visitors have been re-
corded at the Washington monument
during the year.
In recent week $4,000 bushels of fax
seed were shipped from WsshburD,
Wis, to eastern markets.
Bostonians are laughing at the Eng
lish young woman who recently, after
hearing much praise Of butternuts, aid:
AT what season ofthe year are dough.
nuts ripe?"
A Dayton, Tenn, man is the proud
possessor OF an ear of corn that meas
eleven inches in circumference, and has
twenty-fOur rows containing 80
grains.
When the city marshal of Cadillac,
Mich, carried their suppers to the Dris-
oners In the jail the other evening, one
OF them skipped out, slamming the
door, and locking the marshal In.
In Cross county. Ark, recently
number Of cOnvicts were brought out to
to be baptised, and water being scarce,
"the minister immersed them In a bar
rel OF sorghum juice" says local paper.
Two prisoners in the Jail at Lockport,
n. Y, carried on a conversation through
the bars, which drifted on to matrimo-
NAL affairs, and next morning on being
released, they were married.
Coal tar put up in tiny tablets or in
fluid form is slowly coming into use in
England for sweetening tea and coffee
Ii is less bulky than sugar and is said to
be entirely harmless to diabetic and
other invalids to whom sugar is strictly
forbidden.
Father Heinau. pastor OF st. Joseph's
German Catholic church, in East Mauch
Chunk, Pa, has declared war on bustles.
He brands them as unsightly and i'm
moral, and threatens that unless the
women of his congregation abandon
them he will request them not to attend
church.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22

HOUSE OF FIVE ROOMS, all ccilcd inside
IL stable and laundry, hydrant water, two
blocks from street car line and one block from
school house; price, 81 10 800
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
CASUAL REMARKS.

AS every one knows, in political strife
They'll narp on the i'll; not the good;
So il ever you did wrong thing In yOurlii
You'd better keep on saving wood.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22

NJ EW THREE ROOM HOUSE nicely finished
~ large lot and in good location, half block
IRON street care line. ga
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22

Clerk District Court Bexar County.
By NJ. YTURRI, Jr., Deputy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
FOR SALE:

4 FRAME HOUSE of seven rooms, nearly
n new, fine yard with hydrant and cistern
water, hal block from street ear line and only
1--WE minutes walk from Main plaza, Il fine hot
house complete. all included at $1,000; one
half cash. iSD
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-22
S. g. A. p. Railroad.

S. g. A. p. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
Leave San Antonio for Corpus
Christi, Houston and Galveston at 90 a. m.
Leave San ANTONIO for Kerrvile.... 900 p. IN.
ARRIVALS.
From Galveston, Houston and Cor
pus Christi at......................5: $3.50 p. m
From Kerrville at....................1O; 1000 Il. m.